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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Purchase of Hospital Beds via NHS Supplychain Framework PACPH344, Pressure Area Care and Patient Handling

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33192100 33192120
Value£200k
Awarded15 Oct 2021
Published3 Feb 2022
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust required a clear and efficient route to market for the compliant purchase and supply of standard height and very low height Community Hospital beds.

Beds will be procured on an ad-hoc equipment replacement basis or if there is a need to increase bed places.

Competitive process was conducted via NHS Supplychain PACPH344, Pressure Area Care and Patient Handling framework agreement, to provide the most economically advantageous tender for both types of beds available for the Trusts specification of requirements.

Awarded supplier for Standard Height bed : Drive Devilbiss Healthcare Awarded supplier for Very Low Height bed : Medstrom Ltd Activity is not guaranteed; awarded value is approx only and combined between both providers.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust required

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust required a clear and efficient route to market for the compliant purchase and supply of standard height and very low height Community Hospital beds.

02

Beds will be procured on an ad-hoc

Beds will be procured on an ad-hoc equipment replacement basis or if there is a need to increase bed places.

03

Competitive process was conducted via NHS Supplychain

Competitive process was conducted via NHS Supplychain PACPH344, Pressure Area Care and Patient Handling framework agreement, to provide the most economically advantageous tender for both types of beds available for the Trusts specification of requirements.

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Source & provenance
OCID
1fbb4caa-e925-4e95-83ff-dc0334c3a42f
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
KENTNHS001-DN566646-16625322
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